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Our take: Penn State NCAA fine should stay in Pa.

Updated:
01/02/2013 08:00:16 AM EST

Blue Band secretary Ryan Bulgarelli, of Springettsbury Township, holds up his candle as the crowd chants, "We are Penn State" at the end of the PSU Hope vigil on Nov. 11, 2011. Thousands of people - most of whom were Penn State students - gathered on the front lawn of the Old Main administrative building on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, for a vigil in honor of the children sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. (File)

Child abuse is obviously a problem nationwide. But it's just not the NCAA's place to take money from our community - which obviously has serious issues, considering the scope of the Sandusky case - and give it to other areas.

Child abuse prevention efforts ought to be funded nationally - or by the states in which various programs operate.

The fine itself is justified, but it ought to be spent here. Otherwise, it's just punishing innocent state residents who support Penn State through tuition or football tickets, etc.

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